KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan man who was jailed for nine months for converting to Christianity has been released after an intense campaign by international diplomatic missions and Christian activists, an official said Friday.
Sayed Mussa, a 46–year–old father of six, left a Kabul jail earlier this week and was taken to see Afghan prosecutors, who did not have enough evidence to charge him, said Gen. Abdul Qayum Safi, director of the detention center.
Aidan Clay, regional manager for International Christian Concern, cheered Mussa's release but said another convert, Shoaib Assadullah, was still in detention in the northern city of Mazar–i–Sharif. Assadullah was arrested in October after allegedly giving a copy of a Bible to a friend.
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